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The Micro-Herbaria were originally desktop-produced books and are now being developed as inexpensive DVDs. They are most useful to botanists and others who are accustomed to comparing pressed and dried specimens. Previously, each book was a compilation of photocopied or scanned herbarium specimens of plants for a specific area. These were reduced and printed to US letter size (8.5 by 11 inch) and bound in stiff plastic or heavy paper covers. Most of our micro-herbaria books were made using a commercial photocopier with microfine toner (Minolta EP-415), and with the voltage internally adjusted to give low-contrast and high-resolution images. Copies reduced by 66% were obtained directly from the herbarium specimens. We are now able to store digital images of the specimens in computer memory using a large flat-bed scanner (UMAX 2100 XL). After manipulating the images to lighten dark areas, and darken notes in pencil or faded ink, we obtain high-resolution color scans which we can print to a DVD. The following list is of currently available micro-herbaria on DVD. We still have a supply of books made with the photocopier (not color), for many of these titles, but the cost of mailing them is prohibitively expensive. Anyone willing to pay the shipping price for these heavy books, or has a friend passing through Chicago, is welcome to have them. Other DVD's will become available as lists and specimen scans are put together. To order or for more information, please contact rrc@fieldmuseum.org.
Country Abbreviated Title Authors Pages PERU TREPADORAS de ALLPAHUAYO/MISHANA, Loreto Vásquez, Rojas 400 MEXICO Plantas del CERRO PATAMBAN, Michoacán Torres 400 BOLIVIA Arboles y Arbustos de CHUQUISACA Serrano 300 BRASIL Guía ETNOBOTANICA Benjamin Constant, Pará (color) Rios 150 MEXICO HELECHOS de la Peninsula de YUCATAN Palacios-Rios 100 MEXICO Flora del RIO CHIQUITO, Morelia, Michoacán Medina 1100 BRASIL A familia MYRTACEAE no Sudeste Mata Atlântica (color) Kawasaki 150 NICARAGUA Common TREES, ATLANTIC COAST Garth 100 PERU MORACEAE del Perú G. Nuñez & R. Foster 400 COSTA RICA Plantas leñosas, LA SUERTE Biological Station, Limón Foster, et al 150 PANAMA Plantas de ALTOS de CAMPANA Correa 1200 MEXICO Plantas TREPADORAS, Bahia de CHAMELA, Jalisco Burnham, Lott 300 PERU Plantas de la cuenca del RIO CAÑETE, Lima Beltran 400 PERU Plantas de MOQUEGUA Arakaki 450 COLOMBIA Plantas leñosas, CASANARE, Orinoquia Alvira, Viña 400 MEXICO Arboles y Arbustos, Región TIERRA CALIENTE, Michoacán Aguirre 450 GUATEMALA Arboles más comunes, TIKAL, Petén Aguilar 100
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